Category: Cons

Dublin’s Irish Worldcon will be the next World Science Fiction Convention, hosted August 15th-19th 2019. Activities at the Dublin Worldcon will include the 2019 Hugo Awards – awards for science fiction and fantasy – as well as their Masquerade costume display. The World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) is a five-day event that has been held […]

Saltire – Legend Eternal art by Alex Ronald Lakes International Comic Art Festival welcomes Scottish comic creators to huge guest line-up for October Kendal, Thursday 9th August 2018: Kendal’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival has played host to creators of many nations – and this year, the Scots will be among the nations in the spotlight over […]

The sharp-eyed amongst you will have noticed that this is a review of a convention that happened in late May, which is over two months ago now. Unfortunately, Judge Dredd was on patrol as I was leaving the con with my identical twin brother and arrested us both on suspicion of being mutant clones. We’ve […]

Comic Art Festival Academic Sessions announced Kendal, 12th July 2018: The Lakes International Comic Art Festival is delighted to announce this year’s “Friday Sessions” – a full day of talks and discussions exploring comic art in all its guises, taking place Friday 12th October 2018 as part of the Festival weekend in Kendal. The “Friday Sessions” are […]

Convention Exclusives Available for Pre-Order tell them you read this in SFC! Pre-order the following SDCC Convention Exclusives today through July 13, 2018! All pre-orders must be picked up at Booth #2743 starting Wednesday, July 18, through Sunday, July 22. You must designate the day you would like to pick up your order on the […]

[Publisher’s note: This year, SFcrowsnest decided to send young reporter Isabel (along with her college friends) to MCM London Comic-con, as in a previous year our intrepid team managed to quadruple the average age of every hall at the con we walked into! As a student, she is, after all, their audience]. Feeling professional and […]

NBM Announces TCAF 2018 Premieres, Signing Schedule NBM Graphic Novels is enthusiastically once again attending The Toronto Comics Art Festival, the massive, FREE two-day exhibition held at the Toronto Reference Library on Saturday, May 12 and Sunday, May 13 and can be found at Table #133.Publisher Terry Nantier will be on hand for […]

2001: A Space Odyssey 50th Anniversary Special Program Washington, DC (Apr. 17, 2018) – The Museum of Science Fiction, in cooperation with The Arthur C. Clarke Foundation, will celebrate the 50th anniversary of 2001: A Space Odyssey with a special program featuring a film screening, special guests, and never-before-seen prop reproductions at Escape Velocity 2018: […]

Lakes International Comic Art Festival announces second wave of guests for October The Lakes International Comic Art Festival is delighted to announce more guests for its Festival weekend in Kendal (12th – 14th October 2018), who include veteran British comics artist Ian Kennedy and New Yorker illustrator Stanley Chow. The latest guests revealed are Steven Appleby, Sayra […]